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A <i>maskil</i> of the Korahites.<a id="rfn23042001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042001-1">*</a></p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23042002" class="ver">2</span>As the deer longs for streams of water,<a id="ren23042002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">so my soul longs for you, O God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042003" class="ver">3</span>My soul thirsts for God, the living God.</p> <p class="sl1">When can I enter and see the face of God?<a id="rfn23042003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042003-1">*</a><a id="ren23042003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042004" class="ver">4</span>My tears have been my bread day and night,<a id="ren23042004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">as they ask me every day, “Where is your God?”<a id="ren23042004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042005" class="ver">5</span>Those times I recall</p> <p class="sl1">as I pour out my soul,<a id="ren23042005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042005-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl">When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One,<a id="rfn23042005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042005-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">to the house of God,</p> <p class="sl">Amid loud cries of thanksgiving,</p> <p class="sl1">with the multitude keeping festival.<a id="ren23042005-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042005-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042006" class="ver">6</span>Why are you downcast, my soul;</p> <p class="sl1">why do you groan within me?</p> <p class="sl">Wait for God, for I shall again praise him,</p> <p class="sl1">my savior and my God.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23042007" class="ver">7</span>My soul is downcast within me;</p> <p class="sl1">therefore I remember you</p> <p class="sl">From the land of the Jordan<a id="rfn23042007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042007-1">*</a> and Hermon,</p> <p class="sl1">from Mount Mizar,<a id="ren23042007-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042007-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn23042008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042008-1">*</a>Deep calls to deep</p> <p class="sl1">in the roar of your torrents,</p> <p class="sl1">and all your waves and breakers</p> <p class="sl1">sweep over me.<a id="ren23042008-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042008-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042009" class="ver">9</span>By day may the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> send his mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">and by night may his righteousness be with me!</p> <p class="sl1">I will pray<a id="rfn23042009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23042009-1">*</a> to the God of my life,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042010" class="ver">10</span>I will say to God, my rock:</p> <p class="sl1">“Why do you forget me?<a id="ren23042010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23042010-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl">Why must I go about mourning</p> <p class="sl1">with the enemy oppressing me?”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042011" class="ver">11</span>It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me,</p> <p class="sl1">when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23042012" class="ver">12</span>Why are you downcast, my soul,</p> <p class="sl1">why do you groan within me?</p> <p class="sl">Wait for God, for I shall again praise him,</p> <p class="sl1">my savior and my God.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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